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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost

“The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it will need to switch off its science instruments. The team behind NASA’s InSight Mars lander has come up with an …

NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede

“On Monday, June 7, at 1:35 p.m. EDT (10:35 a.m. PDT), NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) of the surface of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. The flyby will be …

New Method To Improve Durability Of Nano-Electronic Components To Help Further Semiconductor Manufacturing And Resilience

“USF Mechanical Engineering assistant professor Michael Cai Wang’s group recently developed a novel approach to effectively mitigate electromigration, a phenomenon that has long posed challenges for the semiconductor and integrated circuits industry. USF Mechanical Engineering assistant professor Michael Cai …

Nordic launches Apple Find My network compatible Software Development Kit

“Nordic SDK supports design of Bluetooth Low Energy Find My-enabled products such as Belkin’s SOUNDFORM Freedom wireless earbuds and the Chipolo ONE Spot item finder Nordic Semiconductor today announces the availability of its ‘Apple Find My network compatible Software …

NXP Ramps Automotive Processing Innovation with Two Processors on TSMC 16nm FinFET Technology

“NXP Semiconductors N.V.(NASDAQ: NXPI), a world leader in automotive processing, and TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced the release of NXP’s S32G2 vehicle network processors and the S32R294 radar processor into volume production on TSMC’s …

Phonon catalysis could lead to a new field

“By selectively heating specific phonons without heating the entire material, researchers have enhanced ion diffusion in a way that could have broad applications. Batteries and fuel cells often rely on a process known as ion diffusion to function. In ion …

Portugal inaugurates undersea cable

“The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) is inaugurating on 1 June, in Sines, the ‘EllaLink’ undersea optical cable, which links Europe to South America and will be “essential” for the digital interconnection of the continents …

Probing Deeper into Origins of Cosmic Rays

“Cosmic rays are high-energy atomic particles continually bombarding Earth’s surface at nearly the speed of light. Our planet’s magnetic field shields the surface from most of the radiation generated by these particles. Still, cosmic rays can cause electronic …

Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1

“Back in January, we launched Raspberry Pi Pico. This was a new kind of product for us: our first microcontroller-class board, and the first to be built on RP2040, a chip designed here at Raspberry Pi. At the same time …

Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system

“New research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics provides clues to the evolution of the solar system. Nearly 40 years ago, scientists predicted the existence of helium rain inside planets composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter and …